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Saturday, May 23, 2009

Are You Proud to Be An American?

When I was in school (grade & high school), I played the clarinet and I loved when we played patriotic music. I couldn't get enough of John Phillips Sousa music (okay, I was a nerd), and to this day, I still love his music because it reminds me of parades and and the soldiers who fought for our freedom.

My senior year in high school, I took (borrowed) a piece of music from band. It's been 30 years since I was in high school but I still have that piece of music and I know where it's at. The music is "The Thunderer" by John Phillips Sousa and it's still one of my favorite patriotic songs.Looking at it today, I can't believe that I had the song memorized, I don't have my clarinet anymore but I have still have this music.

My garage wall has become a patriotic vision, I look for red, white and blue wherever I go. Here's a glimpse of my wall....

2 comments:

When I was in high school we marched in a couple of Memorial Day parades. We don't have those anymore around here. Anyway, I played the flute. One year it was so warm, some of the players fainted. We were saying they were dropping like flies. That was also the year I burned a hole in my shoe from the turns on the hot pavement while we were marching. Ouch!

Ooo, I love all of these cute patriotic pieces! SO fun to have them up!I wanted to say thank you for stopping by my Wonderfully Wordy blog! Chris is great for doing this and I just love new visitors. Thanks for looking around!Shelley Smithwonderfullywordy.blogspot.com